You keep reopening the same decision at midnight because checking it costs a weekend you don't have. GPT-6 Astra is about to give you your weekends back.
Better computer use and longer-running agents make more possibilities worth exploring. What to reconsider, and how to give Astra the work.
TL;DR
- The expense of investigation often limits choice, even if better alternatives exist.
- New AI models like Astra can significantly reduce the cost and effort of exploring possibilities.
- Astra's improved ability to use computers and handle changing circumstances allows for more complex investigations.
- Making investigations less expensive expands the range of futures that can be seriously considered.
- The article suggests Astra can handle tasks that were previously too time-consuming, potentially leading to a richer life by enabling the exploration of things that were never attempted.
- The piece includes prompts for tasks people postpone, an analysis of benchmark claims for Astra, and advice on how to assign work to the AI.